Forgiving the homogeneity of the photograph I conceded to buying our son the yearbook this year. When I was school age we had two yearbook offers: one in 9th grade at the end of junior high and the other in 12th at the end of high school. This generation has a...

Creative Circles I had the utter joy of attending an Artists’ talk and Round Robin at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts hosted by Geri Holland and Cynthia Franca. I wish I had the millennial savvy to have brought my cellphone to share with you the works of art...

When you least expect it. In researching my ‘Tatterhood by the Sea’ family musical I came across this children’s book: ‘Dare the Wind’ by Tracey Fern, pictures by Emily Arnold McCully. So I open to the first page and see Marblehead...

Our son Sam takes trumpet lessons. He recently auditioned for Districts. Roger Cagnon, his private music teacher since 2nd grade, is by trade a fabulous trombonist with chops enough to teach other instruments. He brought music into Sam’s life in an engaging,...

http://www.virginiahamilton.com/virginia-hamilton-books/her-stories/ Researching my musical, Tatterhood by the Sea, I found a rich book of African American Folklore: Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton. I LOVE hearing the lilt and lift of dialects, languages, etc. Let me...